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H.R. 865: Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011

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H.R. 865: Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-01 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011

Plain summary

Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to mean recently discharged veterans and any veteran receiving specified benefits. Defines "recently discharged veteran" to mean: (1) any individual who has served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces for more than 180 consecutive days, (2) any individual who has been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability, and (3) any member of the National Guard who has served for more than 180 consecutive days in active duty, full-time National Guard duty, or duty in state status. Defines "veteran receiving specified benefits" as any veteran who is certified as being a member of a family receiving assistance under a supplemental nutrition assistance program and is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · 59 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr865 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112